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Nocturnal escape route for marsh gas

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A field study of methane emissions from wetlands reveals that more of the gas escapes through diffusive processes than was thought, mostly at night. Because methane is a greenhouse gas, the findings have implications for global warming.

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Figure 1: Methane-transport pathways from wetland soils.

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  1. Katey Walter Anthony is at the Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 9775-7340, USA.,

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  2. Sally MacIntyre is at the Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-6150, USA.,

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